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Clark University in Worcester will stop using off-duty Worcester Police officers as security and will no longer require a police officer to be present at large student events, college President David Angel and President-elect David Fithian announced in a joint statement posted to Facebook on Tuesday afternoon.

Quinsigamond Community College in Worcester will continue teaching classes online for the Fall 2020 semester, the school announced on Tuesday.

As protests continue across America over the May 25 police killing of George Floyd in Minneapolis — including a protest in Worcester on Monday night — the presidents of six Worcester colleges expressed frustration over racial injustice and sympathy for Floyd and protestors while calling for a systematic change in how the country deals with race relations.

Fitchburg State University and Framingham State University have each received $100,000 grants, both schools announced Monday.

Child care centers, summer camps and youth programs could be allowed to reopen as soon as next week under executive orders Gov. Charlie Baker issued Monday alongside more specific guidelines that businesses in the second wave of reopenings will have to follow.

If or when college students return to Massachusetts campuses this fall, little is likely to look familiar. Small classes might be moved into larger classrooms to allow for proper spacing between desks. Dining halls might have prepared food for carry-out. Residence halls may group students by shared courses.

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Instituting a change at a college or university has been compared to "trying to move a cemetery," Emerson College President Lee Pelton said during a Greater Boston Chamber of Commerce panel Wednesday.

UMass President Marty Meehan will recommend the university network's board of trustees vote to freeze tuition for the university's 50,000 in-state undergraduate students in the upcoming academic year, citing concerns about how the coronavirus has financially impacted students and their families, the school announced on Wednesday.